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Reformatting a 300/303/310/400 Series Appliances

Issue:

Reformatting a 300/303/310/400 Series Appliances

Product Line:

NetBotz

Environment:

NetBotz version 1

Cause:

This article describes how to reset or reformat a Version 1 appliance. This procedure will return the appliance to its default settings which will erase all license keys, thresholds, user ids & passwords, and configuration details.

Resolution:

1. Attach a serial cable from your PC to the bot.
2. Start HyperTerminal
3. Configure HypterTerminal to use the correct serial port (that the cable is attached to) and take the default settings for everything except the bits per second which should be set for 38400
4. Power off the bot (pull out the power cord)
5. Power on the bot (re-connect)

6. When you see the prompt above ""To Change any of this, press any key within 3 seconds"", press ""Shift F"" (that is Shift and F at the same time).
7. You will then be prompted with the following ""Do you really want to format the filesystem? [N]""
8. Type a ""Y"" and press ""Enter""
9. The bot will format its file system and then continue booting